Guinness World Records

Red and the guys try to find creative ways to get into the Guinness Book of World Records.

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Segments: The Possum Lodge Word Game, Harold at the Office, Handyman Corner, Red's Sage Advice, Talking Animals, Adventures With Bill, Famous People In Possum Lake History

DVD: Red Green: Stuffed and Mounted, Vol. 4; The Red Green Show – 1999 Season

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DVD Commentary by Steve Smith
{from Stuffed and Mounted}

STEVE SMITH: You know, people wonder how we develop the ideas. We have writers around the table, but it takes an unusual kind of writer to write for this show, because you have to have some kind of mechanical sense or engineering background. A brain doesn't hurt, either. And for this handyman tip in the show, the snow blocker thing, somebody had the idea that, you know, the snowplow goes by, puts snow back in your driveway, you had to have some way of– some device that would block the snowplow from putting snow in your driveway. So anyway, we all thought it was a good idea. But, uh, it was like a high level meeting at NASA, the bunch of us trying to figure out how could this mechanically work {moves one hand in a horizontal motion to his left} when you've got something going this way {flips his other hand} and try to make something go that way. And we made little models and drew pictures and everything. About an hour later, somebody wrote it up, and I was convinced that, okay, it'll work, and we shot it. {puts his hands on his head} And then I saw it, and you're gonna see it in this show, and it's... I'm still not sure that that works anywhere, even in a person's imagination. But... Doesn't matter, we did another show after it anyway.

Segment Summary
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Plot: Red reveals that, according to the paper, the Guinness World Records people are in town, and the lodge members all try their own ways of getting into the record books. Dalton's planned record is balancing a plate on top of a toilet plunger on top of his head (he later adds a bird's nest to the plate), while Winston's plan is to consume the most consecutive cups of coffee ever recorded in the history of coffee drinking. Red ponders some ways of entering the record books himself, but has no luck. Winston's coffee consumption soon causes him to speak very quickly. Mike's record is apparently the number of repeated hits on the head by a fish. As it turns out, however, the Guinness people was actually the beer people. They were planning to put a brewery in the area, but backed out when they saw the lodge members doing their stunts. Winston finally lays off the coffee, but still feels the effects, even at the lodge meeting.

Opening Scene: Red shows an interesting way of preventing the snowplow from blocking your driveway with snow.

The Possum Lodge Word Game: Edgar tries to guess the word "game" to win a coupon for a week of old-fashioned fun at Camp Wedgie.

Harold at the Office: A headhunter tries to lure Harold away to another company.

Handyman Corner: Red makes a backyard swing out of an old car seat and a pulley system.

Red's Sage Advice: The concept of "don't get mad, get even".

Talking Animals: Ed brings in a weasel that bites his thumb.

Adventures: Red, Dalton and Mike all try to break a table lamp.

Famous People In Possum Lake History: Brainy Clogfield, who was such an oddball that he joined the circus as a three-legged clown and later converted a mansion into an amusement attraction, including one exhibit on the human reproduction system.

Explanations

 * "APB" stands for "All-Points Bulletin", which is a general broadcast issued among law enforcement agencies.

Goofs

 * When Ed puts the weasel back in the cage, he slams the lid shut. But when the camera pulls back to reveal both Red and Ed in the shot, the lid is open again.

Inside References

 * During the Adventures scene, the men all construct a giant slingshot that Red describes as a "nuclear slingshot". This refers to Gun Powder Shakes, in which Bill similarly creates a giant slingshot and Red also referring to it as "nuclear".

Real-World References

 * The two "Guinness" companies mentioned in this episode are the Guinness World Records and St. James's Gate Brewery, the makers of Guinness Draught.
 * Hap claims to have performed in the Ringling Bros. Circus.